Two Tech golfers head to regionalsTech Sports Information In an announcement Friday, Arkansas Tech sophomore golfers Jarred Carlyle and B.J. Hawkins learned they get to continue playing this season as they both earned a spot as individuals in the 2007 NCAA Division II Men's South/South Central Super Regionals. This year's NCAA D-II South/South Central Regional Meet will be held from May 7-9 at the Robert Trent Jones Trail at the Shoals in Florence, Ala. The top scoring team in...

Ozarks softball players honoredOzarks Sports Information CLARKSVILLE - Four University of the Ozarks softball players have been named to the American Southwest Conference All-Conference team, announced by the league Monday. Senior Kara Bartholomew, junior Chelsea Joslin and freshmen Stephany Henson were named to the ASC All-East Division Second Team. Senior Brooke Grice received ASC All-East Division Honorable Mention. The 14 league head coaches vote on All-Conference playe...

Ozarks' Eagles winBenefit from ninth-inning miscues Ozarks Sports Information CLARKSVILLE - The Eagles scored two runs with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday to take a 8-7 win over University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in the first round of the American Southwest Conference best two-of-three tournament at Lonnie R. Qualls Field. The two teams will square off tomorrow in a nine-inning contest beginning at 11 a.m. The second game, if necessary, will be...

Ozarks to host ASC playoff seriesOzarks Sports Information CLARKSVILLE - The University of the Ozarks will host the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (MHB) in a best two-of-three game series today and Saturday at Lonnie R. Qualls Field in the first round of the American Southwest Conference championship tournament. Today's game is set for 2 p.m. Saturday's first game will start at 11 a.m. If needed, the final game of the series will begin at 2:45 p.m. Saturday. Each game will ...

Suns make golf historyTech Sports Information HOT SPRINGS - Arkansas Tech's women's golf made history Monday as it completed play at the 2007 Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield/Gulf South Conference Golf Championships at the Hot Springs Country Club with a school-best second place finish out of nine teams. Tech, which shot a school-record 322 in Sunday's first round, finished the 36-hole, two-day event by firing a 323 in Monday's final round, which was enough to hold ...

Spring practice endsWonder Boys close practice with Senior Bowl Tech Sports Information Arkansas Tech University football concluded its slate of 15 spring practices Tuesday afternoon with its 10th annual Senior Bowl at Buerkle Field. Tuesday's Senior Bowl featured four 8-minute quarters and the teams were split up by the seniors who drafted the players and coaches for the game. The White team, called the Spartans, used a three second half second-half touchdowns t...

Suns drop doubleheader to Cotton BlossomsTech Sports Information The Arkansas Tech softball team returned home for the first time in two weeks Monday and dropped both ends of a Gulf South Conference doubleheader to Arkansas-Monticello at Hickey Park. Tech opened the doubleheader by losing 8-5 to the Cotton Blossoms and then lost 11-3 in the second of the twinbill in six innings due to the 8-run mercy rule. With the two losses, Tech fell to 10-31 overall and 5-18 in the GSC West Divis...

Wonder Boys fall to No. 13 DSUTech Sports Information The Arkansas Tech baseball team dropped the last of a three-game weekend Gulf South Conference series Sunday to No. 13-ranked Delta State, 19-2, at Tech Field. The game, which was scheduled to be a nine-inning contest, ended after seven innings due to the 10-run mercy rule set by the league. Tech had a chance to clinch the No. 4 seed from the GSC West Division in the GSC Tournament with a win Sunday and a Harding loss t...

Lady Eagles sweptOzarks Sports Information CLARKSVILLE - The University of the Ozarks softball team suffered a four-game sweep against No. 9 Mississippi College during the weekend in Clinton, Miss. Ozarks ended the season with a 17-23 overall record and a 7-17 mark in American Southwest Conference play. On Friday, the Lady Eagles lost 3-2 and 4-1. In game one, Ozarks took an early 2-0 in the first on a two-run double by Danielle Dirks. Dirks knocked in Kara Ba...

Suns golfers get honored by GSCTech Sports Information Arkansas Tech's women's golf team had two players named to the first-ever, selection based All-Gulf South Conference Team on Friday by the league office. Tech placed one player, senior Jamie Moore on the All-GSC First-Team and one player, sophomore Danielle Lewis named to the Second-Team. Moore, who is one of four seniors on the All-GSC teams, earned First-Team honors after averaging a team-best 83.9 in 19 rounds of the...

Eagles headed to ASC postseasonOzarks Sports Information CLARKSVILLE - The University of the Ozarks baseball team split a double-header against Mississippi College on Saturday in Clinton, Miss. Ozarks (22-18, 10-8 ASC) finishes regular season play as the No. 2 seed out of the East Division and will host Mary Hardin-Baylor (20-16, 14-7 ASC) in the first round of the American Southwest Conference tournament next weekend. Friday's game will start at 2 p.m. Saturday's start has...

Mullins pleased with team's effortBy Quinton Bagley Sports Editor The sun was shining and the birds were chirping, but none of that mattered Saturday morning as all eyes were on the action taking place at Buerkle Field as the Arkansas Tech University football team held its annual Green and Gold spring game. An estimated 400 fans watched as the Green team defeated the Gold team 14-6. "Pleased would be my first reaction to today's scrimmage, and for a number of reasons," said Wo...

Ozarks' Fisher wins honorOzarks Sports Information CLARKSVILLE - Olivia Fisher was named the American Southwest Conference East Division women's tennis Player of the Week after posting a pair of wins in an ASC East match last week. The junior from Mountain Home helped the Lady Eagles secure an ASC tournament berth with wins at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles against Texas-Dallas on April 15. Fisher, who has won three straight ASC singles matches, defeated her opponent...

Arkansas fans should go 'Hog wild' next seasonBy Michael Christopher Assistant Sports Editor Okay, first let's get something clear right away. Yes, I am a graduate from the University of South Carolina, but in no way, shape or form should you hold that against my skills and knowledge as a sports writer. All right, now we've gotten that out of the way. Let me tell you why I believe your Arkansas Razorbacks could repeat as the SEC West Champs and possibly win the SEC title. Here are my top ...

Tech to hold three volleyball campsTech Sports Information Arkansas Tech University has announced it will conduct three volleyball camps on the Tech campus this upcoming summer, according to Golden Suns head coach Kristy Bayer. Among the volleyball camps this summer are a Specialty Camp, an Advanced Camp and an All-Skills Camp. The first camp is a one-day Specialty Camp, which will be held on July 12 and is open to players looking to develop their full potential in their chosen...

Tech football to conduct four summer campsTech Sports Information Arkansas Tech University has announced it will conduct four summer football camps on the Tech campus, according to head football coach and Athletic Director Steve Mullins. Tech's first camp will be a Team 7-on-7 Camp from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, June 1. The cost is $200 per team. Teams that attend the camp will practice against other area teams in pass-skeleton drills, with the emphasis being on live pass repetitions a...

Suns basketball camps set for this summerTech Sports Information Arkansas Tech University has announced it will conduct three women's basketball camps on the Tech campus this upcoming summer, according to Golden Suns assistant basketball coach Amy White. Among the camps this summer are two sessions of a three-day Team Camp for junior and senior high school teams and a four-day Individual Skills Camp. The first session of Tech's Team Camp will be held from June 14-16 and the second se...

Lady Eagles fly highOzarks Sports Information CLARKSVILLE - The pitching duo of Stephany Henson and Andrea Mitchell allowed only six hits on the day as the University of the Ozarks softball team took a pair of nonconference games against Hendrix College on Tuesday. Henson, a freshman from Coal Hill, got her third two-hit shutout of the season in a 2-0 win in game one. The righthander had a no-hitter going through six innings, but the Hendrix (16-24) bats got two ...

Wonder Boys drop doubleheader at OBUTech Sports Information ARKADELPHIA - Arkansas Tech baseball closed out its weekend Gulf South Conference series Sunday with No. 2-ranked Ouachita Baptist by dropping both ends of a doubleheader at Rab Rodgers Field. Sunday's game was originally scheduled to be a single game, but became a doubleheader after rain on Saturday forced OBU officials to shift Saturday's doubleheader to a single game. On the afternoon, Tech's offense once again had a...

Suns rained out in GSC CrossoverTech Sports Information DECATUR, Ala., Rain forced cancellation of all games scheduled for Sunday at Wilson-Morgan Park during the Gulf South Conference Crossover Tournament. It was the second-straight day rain washed out the tournament, as all of the games on Saturday were canceled due to rain. Tech, who was supposed to play West Alabama and North Alabama on Sunday's final day of the four-day GSC Crossover, finished the tournament with an 0-3...